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Introduction to Composite Materials Design, Second Edition (Composite Materials: Design and Analysis)

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Introduction to composite materials design, by E. Barbero, is an
excellent first book on composites. After describing composites
and its fabrication it gives notions and up to date expressions
for micromechanics and describes lamination theory; The book has
information for the design of structural parts using composites
and a software for practical calculations.
I have used the book with several groups of students at the
master level with very good results.

In this distinctive text, author Ever Barbero focuses on the introduction to composite materials design and its fundamental concepts. The logical order of topic presentation on composites is a major strength of the text. The text is so well written that any engineering student can easy understand the fundamentals of composites without having prior knowledge of composites. Design content is distributed throughout the book in a form that attracts the reader into the design rather than the mathematical complexity that usually exists in mechanics of composites. This book would be my first choice to adopt to teach the fundamentals of composites to a class of mainly undergraduate students.

This is an excellent book for the practicing engineer and the instructor. It is full of thoughtful and useful insights that I have not found in other texts.

The availability of free downloadable micromechanics and structural analysis software makes it unique.

I am impressed with the scope, which covers materials, manufacturing processes, micromechanics and behavior of plates and shells. There is a considerable amount of useful detail, such as types of stiffeners. In addition, it touches on important practical issues such as corrosion and flammability.

Each chapter has exercises and a significant list of references, making it a useful classroom text.

I highly recommend it....

Barbero's book is an excellent text of composite materials design and analysis for early graduate and advanced undergraduate students.

After using this text for 2 years, my students and I continue to be impressed with the book's organization, clear writing, good examples, and useful software.

This text provides a practical framework that can be applied equally well toward developing a thorough understanding of lamination theory or the fairly rapid application of this theory to advanced problems in composite materials design.

A textbook for a one-semester, senior-level course for engineering students with no prior knowledge of composites. Extends structural analysis and design concepts learned earlier in the curriculum, such as strength of materials, to the analysis and design of composite structures. Design of composite beams, plates, and shells is presented throughout the coverage. Includes modern, industry-accepted design techniques. A seamless windows program, CADEC, helps students gain confidence in design without cumbersome computations.

The author has achieved an excellent balance of depth and clarity in this relatively easy to follow book. The fundamental concepts of mechanics and elasticity, that are necessary for the explanation of the mechanics of fibrous composites, are presented in a very concise and clear manner so that students with standard background in mechanics can easily extend their knowledge from basic mechanics to the mechanics of composites. Yet, the book provides enough description and contents to help the student deal with practical problems in design.

I think the book itself is good, but one of the things that attracted me to buy this vs. other books was the accompanying software, CADEC, to be used as a learning tool. Unfortunately the software doesn't work with Windows Vista, and probably Windows 7. I wish I had known that before I bought the book.